Prince Felix Yusupov killed Rasputin on December 30, 1916. Yusupov hatched a conspiracy to assassinate Rasputin after witnessing his growing influence over the royal family.
Nicholas II ascended to the throne after his fatherÍs death on October 20, 1894. The Russian Empire at the turn of the century was huge. The United States could be dropped into it and still leave ...
But it wasn’t the sword of fate that struck down Imperial Russia as much as its “blinkered faith in autocracy” and the inept leadership of Tsar Nicholas II, the last ruler of the Romanov dynasty. In ...